Sliding door.



HIE. SPECK.

SLIDING DOOR.

APPLICATION f|Lu1uNE13.\91e.

IEEE,

HENRY E. SPECK, F MOINES, IOWA.

SLIDING DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Application filed June 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,454.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, HENRY E. Srnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have'invented certain useful Improvements in Sliding Doors, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to improvements in sliding doors, and relates more particularly to a weather strip carried upon the lower edge thereof and rendered adjustable so as to prevent the passage of air beneath the door at all times.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a Weather stop or strip for sliding doors, which is simple, durable and inexpensive in construction and thoroughly etlicient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sliding door and its support carrying the present weather stop or strip. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower edge of the door, showing one end of the stop or strip removed to clearly show the recess in the door for accommodating the roller of the strip.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the door which is provided with the two hangers 6 for engagement with the flanged runway or support 7 which is attached to the frame structure 8 whichY is supported upon the sill or floor 9.

Formed in the lower inner corners at the bottom of the door are roller receiving recesses 10, while attached for oscillating and vertical sliding movement upon one face of the door upon the lower edge thereof is the weather stop or strip 1l, provided with the two slots 12 for the reception of the studded or headed fastening members 13 carried by the door. Also carried by the strip upon the face adjacent the door at the corners thereof are the two rollers 14 which are adapted to be incased in the recesses of the door when the stop is 'in its uppermost position.

It will thus be seen that when the present door is being moved upon its supporting rail, that the present weather stop or strip will accommodate itself to the contour of the floor or sill and will thus project below the door to prevent the passage thereby of the air, thus producing an exceedingly dlesirable weather stop or strip for a sliding c oor.

Vhat I claim as new is:

l. rIhe combination with a sliding door provided with recesses in the two lower corners thereof, of a weather stop or strip slidably attached to one face adjacent the lower edge of the door and having supporting rollers for movement into and out of said recesses.

2. The combination with a sliding door provided with recesses in the two lower cor ners thereof, of a weather stop or strip slidably attached to one face adjacent the lower edge of the door and having supporting rollers for movement into and out of said recesses, said strip being provided with a plurality of transversely disposed elongated slots, and a studded fastening means fitting in each slot and attached to the door for securing the stop to the door for sliding movement.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

HENRY E. SPECK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained forve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofi Patents, Washington, D. C. 

